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Women Can Now Go Topless At Maryland Beach … Maybe Chests out, everyone. It’s time for another legal battle over gender and toplessness and it’s about to get heated at Maryland’s Ocean City beach. Shore patrol staff have been told to stand down when it comes to topless women at the beach ever since a determined activist argued that...

Washington (CNN)The author of a new book focused on the President's daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner's influence in the Trump administration warns of the danger she believes the two White House advisers present. "I think that you can't underestimate the dangers of these two," Vicky Ward, the author of "Kushner, Inc.," told CNN's…

Ari Fleischer is a liar. He lies about stuff big and small. And as President George W. Bush’s press secretary during the run-up to the Iraq War, he participated in a large effort to exaggerate and misrepresent what the intelligence community believed about weapons of mass destruction and Iraq’s (negligible) links to al-Qaeda. But Fleischer…

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visited Cashmere High School in Christchurch, which lost two current students to the shootings at two mosques last Friday that killed 50 people. Vincent Thian/AP hide caption toggle caption Vincent Thian/AP New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visited Cashmere High School in Christchurch, which lost two current students to…

Afghan couples in Kabul out for a stroll on Valentine's Day this year. Wakil Kohsar/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Wakil Kohsar/Getty Images Afghan couples in Kabul out for a stroll on Valentine's Day this year. Wakil Kohsar/Getty Images "Khosh amadee!" Omaid Sharifi, co-founder of ArtLords, an art collective, says as he invites us into…

Travel|Love Your Hotel Room? Take a Piece of It HomeTrendingYour hotel experience is typically defined by time spent away. But increasingly, hotels and vacation rentals are eager to insert themselves into your regular routine back home.ImageA guestroom at Shinola Hotel, a boutique hotel where items from the throw blanket to the bedside clock are for…

International real estateBad weather and shaky economies in other parts of the world have conspired to hold down prices and demand on this island nation. A Quiet Perch Where the Atlantic and the Caribbean Meet$2.75 MILLION (7.4 MILLION EAST CARIBBEAN DOLLARS)This four-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bathroom villa is in the gated Allamanda community in Cap Estate, an upscale…

It’s hardly the standard Caribbean destination for travelers from the United States. And it offers few all-inclusive resort options. But that is part of this French-speaking island’s appeal.ImageChildren play in the sand of the Grand Anse d’Arlet beach in Martinique. The rugged island is a formal part of France.CreditCreditFrederic Rejaudry for The New York TimesThe…

ImageThe Athens neighborhood of Exarchia, where international investors have bought apartments to convert into short-term rental properties, which some Greeks say is putting pressure on the residential rental market.CreditCreditEirini Vourloumis for The New York TimesATHENS — Less than a year after Greece emerged from a multibillion-euro international bailout, Athens is witnessing an investor boom. Hip…

Travel|Love Your Hotel Room? Take a Piece of It HomeTrendingYour hotel experience is typically defined by time spent away. But increasingly, hotels and vacation rentals are eager to insert themselves into your regular routine back home.ImageA guestroom at Shinola Hotel, a boutique hotel where items from the throw blanket to the bedside clock are for…

International real estateBad weather and shaky economies in other parts of the world have conspired to hold down prices and demand on this island nation. A Quiet Perch Where the Atlantic and the Caribbean Meet$2.75 MILLION (7.4 MILLION EAST CARIBBEAN DOLLARS)This four-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bathroom villa is in the gated Allamanda community in Cap Estate, an upscale…

It’s hardly the standard Caribbean destination for travelers from the United States. And it offers few all-inclusive resort options. But that is part of this French-speaking island’s appeal.ImageChildren play in the sand of the Grand Anse d’Arlet beach in Martinique. The rugged island is a formal part of France.CreditCreditFrederic Rejaudry for The New York TimesThe…

ImageThe Athens neighborhood of Exarchia, where international investors have bought apartments to convert into short-term rental properties, which some Greeks say is putting pressure on the residential rental market.CreditCreditEirini Vourloumis for The New York TimesATHENS — Less than a year after Greece emerged from a multibillion-euro international bailout, Athens is witnessing an investor boom. Hip…

(CNN)Nearly 14,000 feet below the surface of the South Pacific, a remote-controlled research craft has glimpsed the hull of an aircraft carrier, the USS Wasp, that hadn't been seen since 1942.Word of the sighting comes a month after the Research Vessel Petrel, funded by the late Microsoft founder Paul Allen, discovered another World War II-era…

Cyclone winds and floods that swept across southeastern Africa have affected more than 2.6 million people and could rank as one of the worst weather-related disasters recorded in the southern hemisphere. Rescue crews were still struggling to reach victims on Wednesday, six days after Cyclone Idai raced in at speeds of up to 170 kph…

President TrumpDonald John TrumpDem lawmaker says Electoral College was 'conceived' as way to perpetuate slavery Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals to visit White House on Monday Transportation Dept requests formal audit of Boeing 737 Max certification MORE said Tuesday he plans to designate Brazil as a major non-NATO ally and raised the possibility that the…

Image copyright Reuters Prime Minister Theresa May is writing to the EU to formally ask for Brexit to be postponed.One ministerial source told the BBC the longer delay could be up to two years, amid reports of a cabinet row, but No 10 said no decision had been made.EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said the…

I admire Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., for his previous chairmanship of the House Intelligence Committee and his leadership in exposing Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s baseless, biased Russiagate probe. However, Nunes should go back and read his Constitution.Nunes is suing Twitter for $250 million. He claims that the San Francisco-based technology giant violated his First Amendment…

Breaking News EmailsGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.March 19, 2019, 6:22 PM GMTBy Ken DilanianWASHINGTON — Nearly two years into his investigation, special counsel Robert Mueller has not accused any member of the Trump campaign of conspiring with the 2016 election interference effort — and…